ECE420 - Supporting Children Making Transitions
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* Trimester 3: Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* From 2028: Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E330, E333 or E334 |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed 12 credit points, including ECE212 and ECP228 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ECE350 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 3-hour on-campus seminar per week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-7 weeks) NIKERI (CBD): 3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester 1 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1.5-hour online seminar per week in non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-7 weeks) |
| In-person attendance requirements | 15-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester. > E333 students complete 15 days professional experience in an early childhood setting > E334 students complete 15 days professional experience in a primary school setting For the most up-to-date advice regarding your professional experience (placement) please see here. |
| Note: | *Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) |
Content
This unit focuses on knowledge and skills teachers require to be able to support children making transitions, whether the transition is from home to early childhood education (ECE) settings, moving from one age group in ECE settings to another, from ECE settings to school, participating in before or after school programs, or from home to school.
The unit will examine the teacher’s role in supporting children’s transition, including preparing children for transition, planning transition activities that maintain children’s sense of agency, and adhering to relevant curriculum and policy guidelines. The unit will focus on how to develop positive relationships with families, local community members and other professionals to create inclusive and equitable transition practices. Students will critique key stakeholder perspectives, analyse transition policies and develop a transition plan.
As part of this unit, preservice teachers will undertake a 15 day professional experience placement in an ECE (E333) or primary school (E334) setting. During the placement, students will build on prior professional experience placements by engaging in a range of familiar and new teaching and assessment practices. Students will also undertake tasks directly related to transition practices and assessment tasks for the unit.
Hurdle requirement
Professional experience is a requirement of the Victorian Institution of Teaching and ACECQA for the preparation of teachers. In this unit you will complete 15 days of the required professional experience (placement) in an early childhood (E333) or primary school (E334) setting. Satisfactory completion of the professional experience is required in order to pass this unit.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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Commonwealth Prac Payment
From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.